Module 2, Lesson 4

Question 1

What is short term changes in the air in a given place and time?

Answer 1

Weather

Question 2

What is a region’s average weather condition over a period of time?

Answer 2

Climate

Question 3

Energy from WHAT heats the planet?

Answer 3

Sun

Question 4

The different ways the sun heats the earth are due to what 3 things?

Answer 4

Tilt, movement, and shape

Question 5

Wind, or sideways movement of air, blows in great streams around the planet.

Answer 5

Global winds

Question 6

Winds that blow in the same direction over a large area of Earth

Answer 6

Prevailing Winds

Question 7

What are large streams of surface seawater that move heat around the Earth?

Answer 7

Ocean currents

Question 8

What is a warm current that flows north along the U.S. East Coast?

Answer 8

The Gulf Stream

Question 9

What are examples of large bodies of water that affect climate?

Answer 9

Ocean or Sea

Question 10

Does water heat and cool more SLOWLY or more QUICKLY than land?

Answer 10

Slowly

Question 11

What occurs when two air masses collide?

Answer 11

Storms

Question 12

The place where two air masses of different temps or moisture content meet

Answer 12

Front

Question 13

What are some examples of different types of storms?

Answer 13

rain, snow, thunderstorms, icy blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons

Question 14

What can influence an area’s climate by affecting both temperature and precipitation because of the elevation?

Answer 14

Mountains